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Measuring Time, Making History /

Time is the crucial ingredient in history, and yet historians rarely talk about time as such. These essays offer new insight into the development of modern conceptions of time, from the Christian dating system (BC/AD or BCE/CE) to the idea of "modernity" as a new epoch in human history.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hunt, Lynn, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Central European University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Is Tiime Historical?; Chapter 2 Modernity and History; Chapter 3 Post Times or the Future of the Past; Index.